Hodge Linked to Rackets in Illinois Funds Probe
Springfield AP report says investigators trace about 800000 in missing state funds and will probe ties between resigned State Auditor Orville E. Hodge and rackets figures Frank Wortman Elmer Dowling and Thomas Berry. Epping described as messenger boy in the widening inquiry.
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Ill
Illinois
Orville E. Hodge
George P. Coutralion
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Hodge
Frank
Buster) Wortman
East St. Louis
Post War Dispatch
Elmer
Dutch) Dowling
Wortman
Thomas Berry
Coutralion
Dowling
Berry
Edward A. Epping
Epping
Hugh Dobbs
Coutrakon
Dobbs
Southmoor Bank & Trust Co
Chicago
Edward A. Hintz
House Nears Showdown On Civil Rights
Supporters pressed for a House showdown to push civil rights legislation through tonight for moral and political impact though the bill faces no chance in the Senate. Southern opponents prepared over 20 amendments and tactics to delay. A Miller motion to kill the bill failed 140 to 91, and an age discrimination amendment failed 157 to 102.
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Washington
Senate
William E. Miller
New York
House
Martin
Miller
Akron man pleads guilty to stealing drinks from truck
Paul Kish, 48, confessed in Municipal Court to taking a case of soft drinks from a delivery truck. He said he believed the caseload was beer. Judge Thomas M. Powers sentenced him to 15 days in the work house.
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Akron
Ohio
Paul Kish
Thomas M. Powers
Doctors report successful separation of Siamese twins
In San Diego, Lary and Gary Hutchens, born 18 days ago, were separated after a 54 minute operation that joined spinal channels and a single nerve. Dr. Thomas F. O Connell said brain damage is unlikely and two weeks will show any serious effects. The family from El Cajon has two older sons. The AMA notes four authentic separations with survival.
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Hutchens
San Diego
Calif
Gary Neil
Lary Dale Hutchens
Morton Schon
Charles Aren
Lary
Gary Hutchens
Thomas F. O'Connell
Gary
Sig Tenens
Lee
Grossmont Hospital
la Mesa
el Cajon
Goree
Tex
Ronald Dean
Floyd Don
Egypt May Ask Reds For Help
The United States cancels an offer to help Egypt with the Aswan high dam. Russia reportedly offers to back the project, with Cairo and Moscow now shaping the next moves in a high-stakes Middle East struggle. The State Department calls the US stance a stiff warning against bargaining by blackmail.
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Washington
Egypt
Aswan High
United Staates
Ahmed
Dulles
Middle East
Cairo
Moscow
Russia
U.S. An
United States
Aswan Dam
State Department
Student 18 Killed in Ravenna Car Crash
Patricia A. Riggenbaugh 18 a Kent State University student died when the car she was driving struck the right rear corner of a tractor trailer outfit she had been following on Thursday night in Ravenna Ohio.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Patricia A. Riggenbaugh
Kent State University
Steel talks move to new offer in nationwide strike
Negotiators weigh a three year industry plan with a wage rise and Sunday overtime pay. Union President McDonald disputes a new offer and says the union seeks 15 cents hourly and overtime. Finnegan would not comment on negotiation status as the strike impacts 650,000 workers and causes 190,000 furloughs across rail and mining sectors.
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Pittsburgh
United
Federal Mediation
Seph F. Finnegan
U.S. Steel Corp
Aye Steel Co
Republic Management
McDonald
Draft Looms as Bundestag Passes West Germany Draft Bill
West Germany moves to conscript 12 million men aged 18 to 45 for NATO defense. Under wartime rules, up to 60 could be called. Initial exams start October with 100000 to 200000 inducted next spring, aiming for 270000 by end of 1957. Chancellor cautions against reducing manpower and reliance on modern weapons.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
NATO
Bundestat
Bundesrat
Adenauer
North Atlantic
Civilization Take It Away
LARAMIE WYOMING Edward Behan drove into a one way street in Denver causing a traffic jam His 15 year old son escaped from the car and ran The Indian boy was found in Laramie 135 miles from Denver and 270 miles from home on the Wind River reservation at Pavillion Milton Behan said they hitched rides slept in trees and survived on meals of leftovers He blamed the crowds in Denver for the ordeal.
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Laramie
Wyo
Edward Behan
Denver
Wind River Reservation
Pavillion
Milton Behan
Plea Made To Keep The Aid
Senator H Alexander Smith urged the Senate to reject a move to cut off new military aid to Yugoslavia as part of a foreign aid bill. He argued delaying or canceling support may signal distrust and push Tito toward Moscow, urging the president to decide on continued aid based on U.S. security interests.
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H. Alexander Smith
Senate
Yugoslavia
Ona
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Knowland
Calif
Sen. Bridges
GOP
Smith
Eisenhower
Congress
Tito
United States
Moscow
Russia
Boy Wandering from Dad Found Dead Near Ausable River
The body of 7 year old Jonathan Cha fetz was found Thursday in the Ausable River near the Adirondack community of Wilmington New York. He wandered away from his father Sidney Chafetz an Ohio State University art instructor while the parent painted a landscape nearby.
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Wilmington
N. Y
Jonathan Chafetz
Ausable River
Sidney Chafetz
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Strauss Hints At Way To Check Bomb Fallout
Washington AP report says AEC Chair Lewis Strauss indicated tests show progress toward localizing nuclear fallout to the target area with minimal spread. Officials cautioned no detailed data released. A scientist not linked to AEC suggested surface or near surface detonation as a localization method.
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Strauss
Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Pacific
AEC
United States
Russia
Philippines
Weather forecast calls for warm weekend with scattered rain
The forecast predicts cloudy today with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs reach about 85 while tonight drops to 63. Saturday will be mostly cloudy and cooler with a 90 degree high. Sunday turns partly cloudy and cool. Middletown reported 80 degrees yesterday at 2 pm and a 62 degree low at 6:30 am. Rain totals last night and yesterday were around .3 inches.
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Middletown
Dispute Settled Opera Goes On If Met Can Sign Up Singers
New York The Metropolitan Opera may resume its 1956-57 season if it can hire back star singers. A labor dispute with Robert Herman and Local 802 of the AFM led to cancellation but a compromise proposal has the union holding charges until after the season. European offers loom amid uncertain singer availability.
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Met
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Europe
Italy
Robert Herman
American Guild of Musical Artists
Herman
al Manuti
American Federation of Musicians
McKeon Trial Details Marine Training Methods
Court martial at Parris Island hears defense and prosecution clash over drill instructors marching recruits into marshes to teach discipline. S Sgt Edward A Huff testifies McKeon praised as an excellent drill instructor while debate centers on relevance of training methods to the case of involuntary manslaughter, oppression of recruits and drinking on duty.
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S. C
Edward A. Huff
Chicago
Matthew C. McKeon
McKeon
Worcester Mass
Huff
Irving N. Klein
New York City
Itness
Klein
Navy
Emile Zola Berman
May
Charles D. Sevier
Jacksonville
Sevier
Tokyo Opens Postwar Subway Amid Fast, Bright Trains
Tokyo unveils its first postwar subway with red and white trains running every 3 to 4 minutes from central station to Ikebukuro. The five and a quarter mile line, built at a cost of 25 million dollars, covers seven stops in 16 minutes, with a 20 yen fare matching Tokyo’s Ginza line.
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Tokyo
Central Station
Ikebukuro
Storm Hits Royal Gorge Railroad Strands Tourists
A severe hail storm and cloudburst knocked out the Royal Gorge inclined railroad in Canon City Colorado yesterday. Seventy sightseers were stranded for an hour while a 10 foot flood crest swept Telephone Gulch. Emergency power equipment brought out the stranded tourists.
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Colo. W
Royal Gorge
Telephone Gulch
Make-Believe War Mock Raid Targets Hamilton Ohio
A civil defense drill simulating an atomic attack on Hamilton Ohio prompts a city and county shutdowns. Officials evacuate the municipal building and rush to civil defense headquarters as 24 000 would be killed and 21 000 injured in the scenario. The nationwide Conelrad test halts television and radio broadcasts at 3 10 p.m. EST to relay instructions.
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Hamilton
Ohio
United States
Civil Defense Group
Butler County
Civil Defense Central
Hoffman confirmed U.N. delegate by Senate vote
The Senate rejected opposition from a minority of Republicans and confirmed Paul G. Hoffman as a United Nations delegate by a 64 to 22 vote.
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Washington
Senate
Paul G
Hoffman
U. S
United Nations
Mrs Lausche Reveals Lead and Arsenic Poisoning
Cleveland artist wife of Gov. Frank J. Lausche says she suffered arsenate and lead poisoning since 1 and long illness that confined her for six months. She describes discovery after studio work and prior TB treatment, noting partial recovery but lasting effects.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Jane Phew
Clare Boothe Luce
Totaly
Lausche
Jane Sheal
Lausches
Doris O'Donnell
Cleveland News
Palace Guard Denies Pressuring Ike to Run Again
Bernard M. Shanley, Eisenhower's appointment secretary, tells the Young Republican Club in Titusville that the President was never pressured to seek a second term. He rejects Democratic claims of White House coercion, stressing Ike's health and vigor and arguing the choice is between the Eisenhower program and a radical one.
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N.J
White House
Bernard M. Shanley
Eisenhower
Shanley
White House Palace
Bernardsville
Young Republican Club
Hopewell Valley
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